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The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Know
The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Knowby Michael DoyleThe NCAAWas, and is, the DevilWe knew enough to knowA scam for payNever on the levelIt was for extra coinsNot for any college bowlGraveyard memoriesDedicated to familiesThat gave their allIn the name … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Broken Bones, Brothers, Champions, Character, Coin, College Bowl, Concussions, Cried, Dead, Dedicated, Devil, Died, Dies, Explanation, Fame, Family, Fifty Yard Line, Football, Fortune, Game, Graveyard, Head, Human Being, Jive, Know, Lies, Loan, Organization, Pay, Played, Poetry and Poems, Rode, Sake, Scam, Spirits, Tears, The NCAA, Ton of Bricks, Tragic, True, Unseen, Wish, Worth, Wounded Voice
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Finding A Seat At the Table
Finding A Seat At the Tableby Michael DoyleFinding a seat at the tableSuch as it is and the best we’re ableBegins with a story of circumstanceIn which every effort acts to enhanceThe dreams that come in planting treesThe roots of … Continue reading
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Tagged Able, Achieve, Better Life, Butterfly Wings, Circumstance, Coin, Courage, Dreams, Enhance, Entire World, Every Woman, Find, Forget, Fully Satisfied, Inspire, Jouney, Joy, Lessons, Life, Man, Nature, Never Let It Be Said, Never Sit, Overcome, Passing On, Path, Plant, Please, Poetry and Poems, Power of Change, Rearange, Roots, Seat, Set the World On Fire, Shaken, Step, Stop, Table, Taken, Talk, Two Sides, Walk, Water Drop, We Never Tried, Words
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The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fallby Michael DoyleThe harder they fallEither side of the lawIt’s the repeat and callIn the nature of it allSins of the fathers growIn a deeper shade of shadowDarker than the blackest blackIt’s righteousness they lackTwo sides of … Continue reading
Climbing the Relationship Ladder
Climbing the Relationship Ladderby Michael DoyleWe say hello to initiateHoping that we might appreciateEnough at this first impressionThat it might lead to accessionPressing on simply to exploreCrossing that boundary to something moreWe work at reducing the uncertaintyThough certainly there is … Continue reading
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Tagged Accession, Amplify, Appreciate, Be Undone, Becoming One, Bend, Benefits, Bond, Book, Boundary, Certainly, Climbing, Coin, Common Goals, Concession, Correspondence, Cost, Cross, Cut Past, Dare, Each Other, Enough, Explore, Final, Find, First Impression, Grow, Hearts, Hope, In Common, Initiate, Integrate, Intensify, Into, Ladder, Lead, Leniency, Locks, Magic, Maturation, No Urgency, Our Love, Pages, Partnership, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Poll, Pressing On, Relationship, Reliability, Respond, Say Hello, Something More, Stability, Stages, Subtle Move, Sucession, Survey, Together, Tossed, Treat, Turn, Uncertainty Events, Unmet Expectation, We, Wonder, Work
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On Robot Autonomy
It’s mind boggling really how science fiction has become so much our reality. On Robot Autonomy by Michael Doyle Stepping from science fiction into reality We find the arrival of robotic autonomy Though the worm hole we do yet go … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Actuation, Asimov, Autonomy, Capacity, Clean, Coin, Collaborate, Doom, Dream, Driverless Cars, Echo, Estimation, Humanity, Imagination, Improvement, Industrial, Living Rooom, Manipulation, Mars, Movement, Navigate, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Robot, Robots, Rover, Science Fiction, Tasks, Three Laws of Robotics, Vanity, Worm Hole
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Beasts of No Nation
Random thoughts on children confronting war form the basis of this poem. Beasts of No Nation by Michael Doyle In a parliament of owls It’s easy to believe And to keep busy Certain only of the war Dancing now while … Continue reading
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Tagged Beasts, Believe, Busy, Can, Certain, Children, Coin, Dancing, Draw Out, Find, Hope, Imagination, Junk, Know, Learn, Life, More, Nation, Old Men, Owls, Parliment, Photograph, Picture Show, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Questions, Random, Rescue, Smile, Spent, Teach, Television, Treasure, Unanswered, War, Way, Wish, Young
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Nick of Time
Continuing in my promise to my oldest daughter, this is a poetic retelling of The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 7): Nick of Time by Michael Romani Traveling somewhere without exact precision On the outskirts of the twilight dimension Where … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Ask, Blessed, Cafe, Coin, Couple, Curious, Devotion, Events, Faith, Gizmo, Hesitate, Honeymoon, Jukebox, Learn, Life, Lunch, Mystic Seer, New York City, Nick, Outskirt, Penny, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Promotion, Question, Slow Dance, Stress, Table, Tale, Talisman, Task, The Twilight Zone, Time, Time to Kill, Travel, Walk, Wife, Worry
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Thought For the Day: Only You Can Determine How the Coin of Time Is Spent In Your Life
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” – Carl Sandburg, poet (6 … Continue reading
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Tagged Care, Carl Sandburg, Coin, Determine, Life, Other People, Spend, Thought For the Day, Time
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